“Hey, John”, Darren, one of my best friends, came up to me during recess and said, “Saturday is my birthday, would you like to come to my house for a birthday party?” “Thank you for your invitation”, I said, “I would love to go to your house for your birthday party.” “Then could you help me to buy the birthday cake? You know what I like, right.” Darren asked me. “Ok” , I replied. On, Saturday, everybody was very excited as it is Darren’s birthday that day. On Saturday, I brought a big box containing the chocolate cake to Darren’s house. When I reach there, I saw my friend, Peter, and his little brother, bringing a few boxes of chocolate as a gift for him. Other classmates also brought gifts for Darren. The birthday party started at 6 pm, and everybody was having fun and enjoying themselves. After we ate the salad that Darren’s mom prepared for us, we had a few games before we had our dinner. After dinner, Darren went into the kitchen to take the cake out. Just then, one of my classmate-Chris, came up to me and wanted to tell me something. As it was too noisy in the living room, Chris took me into Darren’s study. Then, he said, “This morning when I went out to take a little walk, I saw Peter and his little brother walking down the street. Just then, I overheard them talking about putting acentipede into the cake, they seemed suspicious, so I followed them. Then, I suddenly had an idea. I took out my phone so that I can record what they said.” Then, Chris took out his phone and let me hear what he recorded. The sound was a bit too soft, but I can roughly make out what they are talking about. “Then what happened?” I asked Chris. “Then they went into the park. I saw Peter taking out a spade and a little box and he started digging. I hid behind the bench so that I can go closer to him. Then, I saw what it really was. It was a live centipede that they caught. They put it into the box and went home.” “Why did you tell me all these?” I questioned. Chris lowered his voice and said, “because just now I saw Peter putting the centipede onto the cake!” Then, Chris showed me the video that he took with his phone of Peter putting the centipede onto the cake. I was surprised. How can my friend Peter do this? Then, I heard Darren calling me and Chris, so we went back to the living room. Darren was about to open his birthday cake when I stopped him and I shouted, “there is a centipede in the cake!” Suddenly, everyone broke into laughter. “how can there be a centipede in the cake?” Darren laughed as he spoke. “If you do not believe me, I will prove it to you”, I took the box and opened it right in front of him. There was a little black thing on the cake. I took it down and it was indeed a centipede. I showed everyone what it was. Then, everybody became horrified, including Darren, was staring at me. “Why did you put a centipede onto the cake?” Darren said furiously. “I thought you were my good friend?” “It was not me who did it. It was Peter!” Peter quickly stood up and tried to explain, “how could I be the one who did it? You know me very well, don’t you? You know I did not do it. Furthermore, do you have any evidence that it was me?” “I have evidence against you”, I said, pointing to Chris. Chris stood up, and played what he recorded to everybody. Then, everybody started whispering about Peter. After that, Peter became very embarrassed. Then, he said to me, “I was jealous of Darren because you always be with Darren, and then I became lonely. So I decided to play a trick on him because I don’t like him. I had placed a centipede in the cake so that he will think that it was you who put it and then he will not be friends with you, so you could play with me” I thought for a while. Indeed he was correct, I had spent all the time with Darren playing that I forgot about Peter “That’s not your fault”, I told him, realising that I was also partly wrong, “I am sorry, Peter, I spent too much time with Darren that I forgot about you. From now on, I will try to spent more time with you.”
“Thank you for your invitation”, I said, “I would love to go to your house for your birthday party.” “Then could you help me to buy the birthday cake? You know what I like, right.” Darren asked me. “Ok” , I replied. On, Saturday, everybody was very
excited as it is Darren’s birthday that day.
On Saturday, I brought a big box containing the chocolate cake to Darren’s house. When I reach there, I saw my friend, Peter, and his little brother, bringing a few boxes of chocolate as a gift for him. Other classmates also brought gifts for Darren.
The birthday party started at 6 pm, and everybody was having fun and enjoying themselves. After we ate the salad that Darren’s mom prepared for us, we had a few games before we had our dinner. After dinner, Darren went into the kitchen to take the cake out.
Just then, one of my classmate-Chris, came up to me and wanted to tell me something. As it was too noisy in the living room, Chris took me into Darren’s study. Then, he said, “This morning when I went out to take a little walk, I saw Peter and his little brother walking down the street. Just then, I overheard them talking about putting a centipede into the cake, they seemed suspicious, so I followed them. Then, I suddenly had an idea. I took out my phone so that I can record what they said.”
Then, Chris took out his phone and let me hear what he recorded. The sound was a bit too soft, but I can roughly make out what they are talking about. “Then what happened?” I asked Chris. “Then they went into the park. I saw Peter taking out a spade and a little box and he started digging. I hid behind the bench so that I can go closer to him. Then, I saw what it really was. It was a live centipede that they caught. They put it into the box and went home.” “Why did you tell me all these?” I questioned.
Chris lowered his voice and said, “because just now I saw Peter putting the centipede onto the cake!” Then, Chris showed me the video that he took with his phone of Peter putting the centipede onto the cake. I was surprised. How can my friend Peter do this?
Then, I heard Darren calling me and Chris, so we went back to the living room. Darren was about to open his birthday cake when I stopped him and I shouted, “there is a centipede in the cake!” Suddenly, everyone broke into laughter. “how can there be a centipede in the cake?” Darren laughed as he spoke.
“If you do not believe me, I will prove it to you”, I took the box and opened it right in front of him. There was a little black thing on the cake. I took it down and it was indeed a centipede. I showed everyone what it was. Then, everybody became horrified, including Darren, was staring at me. “Why did you put a centipede onto the cake?” Darren said furiously. “I thought you were my good friend?”
“It was not me who did it. It was Peter!”
Peter quickly stood up and tried to explain, “how could I be the one who did it? You know me very well, don’t you? You know I did not do it. Furthermore, do you have any evidence that it was me?”
“I have evidence against you”, I said, pointing to Chris. Chris stood up, and played what he recorded to everybody.
Then, everybody started whispering about Peter.
After that, Peter became very embarrassed. Then, he said to me, “I was jealous of Darren because you always be with Darren, and then I became lonely. So I decided to play a trick on him because I don’t like him. I had placed a centipede in the cake so that he will think that it was you who put it and then he will not be friends with you, so you could play with me”
I thought for a while. Indeed he was correct, I had spent all the time with Darren playing that I forgot about Peter “That’s not your fault”, I told him, realising that I was also partly wrong, “I am sorry, Peter, I spent too much time with Darren that I forgot about you. From now on, I will try to spent more time with you.”